milan will most likely have 70 cm by the end of the day
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milan will most likely have 70 cm by the end of the day
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Here is the deal from yesterday/Thursday:
I woke to the snowplow going by and a minute later Batman called me.
The Batmobile was unavailable (CatWoman had it), so we met up and did homecourt/Leysin.
Off piste was 8"/20cm of dust on crust.
The off piste was pretty solid, and the snow light.
On piste proved to be a delight.
We ripped on piste all day, going for speed and non stop decents.
Running on 5 hours of sleep 2 nights in a row, plus a full day of skiing,
I took today off.
Wind blowing hard at moment; Barometer rising.
Hey Team,
what about the weather currently ripping across France!looks like things are going to fill in even if its just windblown.anyhow anybody out there riding in Espace Killy?Let me know.keen to catch up with you for a hoot.
Skied Megeve Saturday. Very impressive! TR here:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=45119
:nonono2: Nothing EXTREME. :biggrin: Lots of long red and blue pistes w/ plenty of elbow room.
Excellent snow quality on-piste. Off-p was skied out, too little depth, and/or wind-affected.
On a pow day (mid-week) it has beaucoup potential and,
maybe, ...little competition for some great lines.
a bit of marmolada yesterday:
http://www.forum.planetmountain.com/...ic.php?t=17793
pssst something's moving on the longe range radar.
will confirm as soon as i cannot jinx it anmore :D
change ist the word.
but i'm still not sure what will become of it. i like todays model run though ;)
change ist the word.
but i'm still not sure what will become of it. i like todays model run though ;)
cham/ northern switzerland seems to be the bet right now.but lets wait until sat/sunday before the position of the low is clearer.
YES PLEASE.
Did a little ice climb on the Tacul today and then skiied the Vallee Blanche to get down today... never seen such horrible conditions. 50cm high satstrugi formations - booked it back onto the tourist route and once there, the only time of my life I was thinking "thank god for moguls" as you can actually TURN on them properly.
Down lower things are pretty bleak... The warm foen wind that howled through the valley really has removed most of the snow that managed to fall up until now this season on a lot of slopes... Midi midstation is nearly all rocks again, Pas de Chevre is looking very rocky, up at the Midi there's bare blue glacial ice showing where there used to be nice powderly slopes. We had a look at the Glaciar Rond exit couloir and it looks like a summer rock climb. Flegere still looks decent although not been up there in person lately. Grands Montets has yet to really fill in...
Jeeeeeesus, we need snow.
Looking at all the responses here, I cannot believe how lucky my Euro timing was this season ...
Fersure dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franz Klammer
Not so hot on Yurp'ian skiing at the moment. Sore issue for me right now. (I WANT TO SKI DAMMIT!!!)
High altitude ice climbs are all in great condition however, so can't complain too much. Led my second fairly serious multipitch route today.
Hey guys new to this forum. The weather in Italy is warm to say the least.
I am now back in Brescia, pondering my next trip. I have two more weeks.
I was planning on going to Alagna but from what i have read of the other posts, there is no snow.
I wanted to go to higher elevations, for better snow.
Anyone have any ideas on where there is snow, or where the skiing is good?
I'm here from Colorado, and was hoping on something similiar, but we are having a banner year in CO.
I can't drink much more grappa
05/02/06 13:00-19:00
http://www.wetteronline.de/daten/vor...gif?1138888061
*please*please*please*
Reading too much about the banner year in CO. :cussing:Quote:
Originally Posted by RDNeck
Gotta stop looking at those TRs. making me sick (i live outside of Geneve). Tough season over here.
It was over a week ago I skied my last pow run way-outta-bounds at Grands Montets.
I was really surprised to find anything left. required a hike up & out.
Good Skiing: You have "East Coast skiing" throughout Western CH & Haute Savoie right now. Pistes icy in AM and soft afternoon. Boilerplate on reds/blacks. Bump skiing. Some people out in T-shirts at 1800m. Off-p = core shots-a-plenty.
Higher Elev: If you are dead set on using your skis over here I would head to Cervina/Zermatt. Mostly flat terrain on glaciers...almost touring style, but you will find some classic descents (i.e. Klein Matterhorn) and $$$ views on the glaciers. Suggestion: ski from Italy-side and spend a night in Zermatt. 2 hostels in Z to save u some bills.
Over the Horizon: 4 - 6 days out there is a prediction of snowfall arriving in the Austrian "panhandle". But, I have no local knowledge of the area, ...and these long-range 4-kasts are not reliable.
Otherwise, i reco putting the skis away and heading down to Toscany (Florence, Sienna, Volterra) and Umbria.
Great countryside, no one around right now, great food and wine, architecture, museums, ruins, etc.
Soak up Italy ...since the snow is melting.
Quote:
Originally Posted by TeleAl
found this buried several pages back. time to break it out, again...
I am currently in la jolla, but st anton is prolly the best place to go in the next daysQuote:
Originally Posted by RDNeck
Planning on booking dates soon for March trip, Arlberg, Andermatt most likely. It's hard when it's snowing now and we have almost 700cm all ready this season, sorry Lostinthetrees.
I don't now if a snow dance here will help, but I second TeleAl's "SNOW MUDDAFUKKER"
Any reports from St. Anton?
Powslut seems to be too busy with any of the following:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dam Skier
1) Resolving/preventing nightly bar brawls.
2) His girlfriend.
3) His parents who are in town.
4) Waiting for me to send him a copy of the "Piefke Saga" (Subtle Plague loves that film I hear).
5) Skiing.
Thanks or the info...Just ot back from Verona. It i a wonderfu city but the mountains are calling. It has been almost 20 degrees here everyday.
verbier61..Thinking about heading over to St. Anton tommorow? Any suggestions
on a place to stay. Want to meet mid-week? Maybe we should go paddling.
Seems like the alps are melting.........SNOWWWWW
RDNeck Dave
Sorry for the lack of st anton reports lately...it's mostly because there is nothing to report here. Hasn't snowed since franz klammer left two weeks ago and temperatures have been relatively warm so the south facing slopes are taking a beating. It's supposed to snow tomorrow but how much accumulation will transpire remains to be seen.
Base wise it's still holding together and with some significant snowfall things will be really good again.
Here's a Chamonix update for you, don't kill the messenger. Basically, it sucks. The last snowfall was back on January 19th - more than two weeks back. That snow stayed good until around 10 AM, when the warm temperatures and hurricane force winds started blowing and stayed like that for well over a week. The result is we have lots of bare patches even at high elevation, the glaciar has a frightening amount of bare ice showing, and evil satstrugi formations and windslab ice are the norm everywhere.
The ice climbing, however, has been really great especially since it's been sunny every day since the 19th of January! And I don't imagine it will stay like this ALL winter... even a single 30-50cm dump would keep me happy for a long time and open up some big touring possibilities, like the Trois Mont Blancs, Haute Route, etc.
In other positive news, avalanche danger is a big ZERO and if you like moguls, Chamonix fucking rocks right now.
Well hello what's this:
"Wednesday : disturbance coming from the northwest in the afternoon. Thursday and Friday : snow showers."
http://meteo.chamonix.com/MetPreE.php3
Could one of the snow-forecast subscribers post some weather map porn saying we're gonna get an epic 3m dump PLEASE?
next 3 days...Quote:
Originally Posted by bbirtle
http://img.snow-forecast.com/images2...3days.2d16.jpg
3-6 day paints green almost everywhere.
sorry, no porn available. check the Padded Room.
btw. i'll take the 1000th post in this thread.
hehehehe I'm in la jolla right now :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RDNeck
ok here is my forecast: go east. :cool: , again.
30-50cm at your favourite alpine region on mon/tues. brought to you by: NW weather. ;)
NW/Nerly airflow will probably dominate the rest of the week too. it should clear by sat/sun.
sooo very likely ill be heading out east on tuesday evening. anybody out there ?
edit: and 1000 posts. im a proud dad of a fat thread ;)
Do a SNOWDANCE!
:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:
Snow mudderfukker snow mudderfukker snow mudderfukker
Snnnnooooooooowwwwwwwww!!!!
I've got a flight booked into Zurich March 2nd, and leaving on the 12th. I'll be doing snowdances all the way up until then....
dont worry thursday will get some to the suisse ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TeleAl
:frown: sigh....
if it nukes the first two weeks of March, please will all Euro's take one run for me and Mrs. Powstash? so disapointed...
ON a brighter note, doc just stopped by my room and said likely 6-8 weeks I can ski - mellow stuff. Spring touring season here I come!
heal up well. ++++++++
this "swelling in my brain" TR stuff made me scared. :eek:
Subtle, I think there's a market for your weather predictions. You should whore yourself out as the "Freeskiing Weather Guru" to ARD, ZDF, SRG and in particular ORF.
hoorray, its snowing.
whoring is one of my favourite activities ;)
concerning the mid/long term: western/SW drift may break through after sunday.
sooo la grave/cham might get some and it would get warmer.
But: This week is a kripp week for sure.(and i hope my mid/long term prediction is wrong because wat to stay longer than 5 days... :( )
if its starts snowing elsewhere maybe i can steal some money somewhere, finish my paper early(due date april 3rd) and go to france in march.....
oh yes. it is indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by keksie
its game on in tyrol at least.. innsbruck area is getting a lot, and theres more coming. today wasnt bad at all and it'll only get better..
so far st anton is missing out on this one
Bavaria here I come... 60cm forecast before sun.
edg
Next tues, that little yellow dot will be yours truely.
Giggity giggity.
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edg
Fuck Chamonix is getting screwed again.
Hmm maybe good time to ski tour Piz Bernina... anybody up for it? Anybody know what conditions are like? General wisdom says too early for 4000m peaks but general wisdom tends to neglect seasonal weather anonmolies - it hasn't snowed in weeks and so avo danger is a big ZERO right now, at least here in Cham'... if it snows there 100cm this could be a problem, if it gets 30cm, it could be magic.
I'm free to do it any day of the week/weekend. Need a car to make it really work, probably... bring your own sleeping bag, we do the winter rooms at huts, bring your part of the food, I can bring the stove. We drive up from Geneva area or wherever on Day 1, do the hike into the hut, summit and back Day 2.